1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/security/keys/key.c b/security/keys/key.c
index 0db816f10f85..ac9326c5f1da 100644
--- a/security/keys/key.c
+++ b/security/keys/key.c
@@ -290,11 +290,9 @@ struct key *key_alloc(struct key_type *type, const char *desc,
                 goto no_memory_2;
 
         if (desc) {
-                key->description = kmalloc(desclen, GFP_KERNEL);
+                key->description = kmemdup(desc, desclen, GFP_KERNEL);
                 if (!key->description)
                         goto no_memory_3;
-
-                memcpy(key->description, desc, desclen);
         }
 
         atomic_set(&key->usage, 1);